Questions remain ahead of plans to haul radioactive waste to northern Ontario town – CBC

Jul 14, 2025

An abandoned uranium mine near Nairn and Hyman has been holding radioactive waste for decades

The mayor of a small northern Ontario town says the community still has a lot of questions ahead of plans for the province to start hauling radioactive waste to an abandoned mine near the community.

Last year the Township of Nairn and Hyman, better known as Nairn Centre, was made aware of plans from the province to haul radioactive niobium tailings from a former mill near Nipissing First Nation to the old Agnew Lake mine – a property Ontario’s Ministry of Mines took over in the 1990s.